Georgia / Columbia County Board of Education / Behavior Support Specialist (Certified)
Job-title file
Coordinate and deliver a specific program area, supporting planning, outreach, and daily operations.
1 employee holds this title in Columbia County Board of Education. Median total compensation for the role is $89,053, above the department median of $47,369.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Marriage and Family Therapists is $91,550. Columbia County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $89,053 for this role, 3% below that figure — about the 47th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Marriage and Family Therapists across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Columbia County Board of Education’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Marriage and Family Therapists — about 66,740 people — is $66,940. Columbia County Board of Education’s median base salary is 33% above that national figure, about the 71st percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Georgia range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Columbia County Board of Education is $89,053, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Behavior Support Specialist (Certified) is held in 22 Georgia departments. In Columbia County Board of Education, the median of $89,053 ranks #8 of 22.
Median total compensation for the Behavior Support Specialist (Certified) role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
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Behavior Support Specialist (Certified)/Columbia County Board of Education
At Columbia County Board of Education, Kelly Lafauci serves as a Behavior Support Specialist (Certified). Their 2025 pay totaled $89,053.